Clotheshorse



June 17, 1930. w, FRAZER ET AL 1,764,072

CLOTHESHORSE Filed Nov. 5, 1928 Patented June 17, 1930 UNITED STATESPATENT; OFFICE JAMES WILLIAM FRAZER, OF MON C'ION, NEW BRUNSWICK, ANDGILBERT FERRAIBEE, OF MONTREAL, QUEBEC, CANADA GLO'IHESHOBSE Applicationfiled. November 5, 1928.

The invention relates to a clothes horse, as described in the presentspecification and illustrated in the accompanying drawings that formpart of the same.

The invention consists essentially of the novel features of constructionpointed out broadly and specifically in the claims for novelty followinga description containing an explanation in detail of an acceptable wform of the invention.

' The objects of the invention are to facilitate the drying of clothesparticularly in apartments and dwellings in which the space is to agreat extent limited; to economize in space in regard to the storage ofthis article while not in actual use; to produce the horse at a lowcost, and thereby insure its distribution at a reasonable price to theconsumer; and generally to provide a horse for drying clothes in which arack will always be at hand during washing operations for theconvenience of the washer.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the clothes horse asit appears in 95 actual use.

Figure 2 is a view of the clothes horse collapsed.

Figure 3 is a sectional view on the line 83 in Figure 2.

Figure 4 is a cross sectional view on the line 4-4 in Figure 2.

Figure 5 is a vertical sectional view through the base and socket.

Like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in the variousfigures.

Referring to the drawings, the standard, indicated by the numeral is aflanged member, formed of four sections 11, 12, 13 and 14, though it maybe made in as many more sections as desired, however, for the purposesof description in this invention, it is shown with the right angularlyarranged sections as mentioned.

This standard is seated in a correspondingly recessed socket 15, thissocket 15. ex-

tending upwardly from a rotatable body 16 having a central pin 17extending downwardly therefrom.

The base 18 is formed with the bearing surface 19 upon which the body 16is Serial No. 317,435.

mounted and with a central journal orifice 20 for the pin 17.

The base 18 is slightly elevated by the feet 21 extending from said-baseand forming the support for the standard 10.

The racks 22 are pivotally secured and extend outwardly from thesections 11, 12, 13 and 14 respectively and at their outer ends arepivotally secured to the props 23, and at the lower ends of the props,the castors 24 are secured, and these castors form the supports of theprops from the ground.

In the operation of this invention the base is moved to a convenientposition to the washer, and as soon as the clothes are ready for dryingpurposes, one section of the rack is filled up with clothes, and simplymoved around so that the other section is ready.

This continues until the four sections are filled with clothes.

After the clothes have been dried and removed and the horse is no longerneeded, then the several racks are folded up to the standard and thewhole device moved over to the corner or such other place as may beconvenient to place it.

What we claim is:

A clothes horse comprising a central flanged post and vertically foldingarms and a pedestal formed of a centre standing on legs and having acentral orifice therethrough and an adjustable socket member having astub shaft journalled in said orifice and a body supporting a socketproper shaped to receive said flanged post.

Signed at Montreal, Canada, this 171: day of October, 1928.

JAMES WILLIAM FRAZER. GILBERT FERRABEE.

